Death and Bereavement Across Cultures

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 261 pages
• Published by: Routledge
• Edition: 1st Edition January 29, 1997
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0415131375
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0415131377
• Book Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 12.6 ounces

Product Review
Death and Bereavement Across Cultures provides a much needed cross-cultural perspective of issues related to death, dying, and bereavement. This book is an important resource for all those who wish to broaden their perspective of death.
–Cheryl Mallernee McGaffic, Nursing Leadership Forum

This book would make a unique contribution to either undergraduate or seminary courses in religion, anthropology, sociology, or cross-cultural studies.
–Critical Review of Books in Religion 1997

This handbook provides a resource designed to meet the requirements of doctors, nurses and social workers, counselors and others involved in the care of the dying and the bereaved This book explores rich mourning traditions around the world, with the goal of increasing the understanding which we all bring to the isssue of death.
–Abstracts in Social Gerontology: Current Literature on Aging, December 1997 Vol.40 No.4

Product Description
Death raises questions that science cannot answer. Whatever our personal beliefs, we can all gain from learning how others view these ultimate problems. This book explores the richness of mourning traditions around the world with the aim of increasing the sensitivity and understanding which we all bring to the issue of death.

Written by international authorities in the field, this book describes the rituals and beliefs of major world religions, explains their psychological and historical context, shows how customs are changed by contact with the West and considers implications for the future. It is an indispensable guide for all who work with the dying and bereaved.

Reader Reviews
This book explains many different aspects of how cultures prepare a person after death. This is important information for anyone who works with multicultures. Schools and nursing homes would find this information helpful when deaths occur.